Bismarck weekly tribune., 1887-01-21
THE NORTHWEST.
Heavy Snow Reported at Pierre which
is Said to Mean Big Crops
Next Year.
The Usual Batch of Dakota Letters
and Dispatches from all over
the Territory.

sSASA OAS PSsSSAAS - sNAA w ~
the Territory.
Decidedly Blizxardy.
PIERRE, OAK, Jan. 17.-F0r the first
time in i've years trains were unable to pull
# out of here owing to the heavy snow
storm This morning doubIe-header sue
ceeded in making start, but no through
trains are expected for three days. Dakota
# pioneers say that never within their knowl-
edge has such q heavy snowfall occurred
as has thisfar marked this season. They
predict an immense crop as a result. vs.
Our citizens are preparing to celebrate the
passage of the Dawes bill, as promised by
Chairman Wilburn this week. # #
.YANKToN, OAK, Jan. II. The Scotland
and Centerville branches of the Milwaukee
road are blocked by snow. but both will
probably be opened by tomorrow.
BIRD -IsLAND. MINI, Jan. H.-The
worst filizzard Of the season has been rag
ing here since yesterday noon. The rail
road is blocked up tight. It has been 2sa
below. .s1r f@ =. '.-
AT ST. PETER.
ST. PETER, MIMI, Jan. NY Yesterday
another cold, wave, struck here, and the
thermometer has fallen to 200 below. 1t is
hourly growing colder. Last night the
snow drifted badly, and traffic on the Wi
mona & Lake Superior is entirely sus-
pended. Trains in the Omaha are from
three to four hours late.
-a@s$ < AT PESiBINA.
PEMBINA, OAK, Jan. 17.-Yesterday's
train from st. Paul was five hours behind
time. A car got off the track. To-day the
train is seven hours behind time. A bliZ-
zard is now raging.
.. AT H1GHMoRE.
HIGHMORE, DAK., Jan. 1.-THE most
severe storm of the season struck this point
at midnight Saturday, coming from the
northeast. No trains Sunday. The town
is short on COAL
AT ST. CLOUD.
ST. CLOUD, MINI, Jan. 17.-Yesterday' IS
snow storm toward evening became ver-
liable blizzard. It is now 15e degrees be-
low zero. The trains are all from one to
four hours late.
= AT FARMINGToN.
FARMINGToN, Jan. 1.-THE blizzard yes.
terday was the worst of the winter. The
county roads are totally impossible, while
railroad travel is greatly impeded. To-day
it is clear and cold, the mercury standing
at 14o below.
AT SIOUX FALLS.
Sioux FALLS, Jan. H.-After briel
spell of mild weather, another cold wave il
upon us. The temperature was down tc
20e below last night. Tie strong wine
drifted the snow badly yesterday.
Gladstone.
GLADSTONE, OAK, Jan. 15.-[SpeciaL] j.
He is democrat, tits true, tits pity, ant
pity tits, tits true. But the appointment
nevertheless, of H. w. Bates as postmaste
here, it is believed, will give very genera
satisfaction Mr.. Bates is a young man
and one of the first settlers, who came her
in 1882 and settled on a fine farm nea
town. Since then he has studied ant
made himself proficient in the law bust
ness, proving himself more than mattel
of it. BY his ability and fearlessness in ol>
posing pessimists, ring rule and skulldug
duggery he has already made his mark
and is coming to the front in the politica
affairs OF our county in good shape. Evel
though democrat, we take pleasure il
noting his well-merited preferment.
u1os pHy lCCCIltly ACbuluCu w Vldu
stone from Waupaca. Wis.
DR.. F. Breen, brother of our railroad
agent, recently returned to his home il
Davenport, Iowa. He came to visit hi
brother, and during his stay of two week
made many friends i'll Gladstone.
Mir. and Mrs. A. B. Robinson entertaine'
aparty of friends at their country HON
recently. Mr.. Robinson is our popula
druggist in Gladstone, and lives upon hi
32O-acre farm, three miles from town. Th
party returned to town when the mercur
was 4Oo below zero, and although ther
were several ladies in the party and dee
snow drifts were encountered, yet no on
complained of the cold In the more hu
mid atmosphere of the east a party driving
that distance would have frozen solid.
Mrs. George Lee, on all equally coll
night, entertained progressive euchr
party at her residence.
Mr.. Martin Long, our indefatigable sec
ton boss. during one of our recent snOy
storms, had very dangerous enc0unte
with snow plow, and the only wonder
that several lives were not lost
s.. Early in the morning, an hour or so be
fore section men are usually out on duty,
snow plOw came dashing around shOr
curve, running at the rate of probably fit
miles an hour. Mr.. Long and his me-
were going in an opposite direction upon
hand car. The engineer, not even suspect
ing that any section men were out SO early
omitted to sound the whistle signal. Nei
ther engineer or section boss saw the Othe
until 100 feet of each other. The brake
upon the hand car were Immediately sci
but, the track being icy, neither the rt
versal of the engine nor the hand car barke
would materially check their momentum
Mr.. Long and his men leaped from thei
~ car just as the snow plOw caught it. In il
flight toward the moon, the hand car ca
ried with it the head light and a portion {
the smoke stack. Mr.. Long gathered IL
his boys-some of them found standin
upon their heads in the snow-others ha
buried in every conceivable postur
The splinters of the hand car when brougt
to town indicated great victory for tn
snow plow. Mr.. Long has had many year
experience in his business, and this is tn
first time he has had occasion to mourn til
loss OF a favorite car, and has no particult
desire to renew the encounter or try
q again.
~ Ml9MA s,Tsy: Asrsr:. hsS S.s
Soother at hand. 1t is the only sal
medicine yet made that will remove a
& infantiIe disorders. 1t contains no Opt"